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Corundum from
Trail Creek, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Trail Creek, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:216801
Long-form Identifier:1:3:216801:2
GUID (UUID V4):fda08c60-57d4-4ac5-a439-d2539fe50cd7
Nearest other occurrences of Corundum
33.6km (20.9 miles) Emerald Creek, Latah County, Idaho, USA
53.9km (33.5 miles) Rhodes Creek, Pierce City, Pierce City Mining District (Placer Mining District), Clearwater County, Idaho, USA
58.2km (36.2 miles) Orofino Creek, Pierce City, Pierce City Mining District (Placer Mining District), Clearwater County, Idaho, USA
91.7km (56.9 miles) Lochsa River Placers, Lowell Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho, USA
94.8km (58.9 miles) Bald Butte, Colton, Whitman County, Washington, USA
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r------' .--. !i i , i ' i Boundary '---~ IDAHO Bonner_j l--;~u:d{ene\, I , L~ Coeur'cI'Alene...Coeur'cI'Alene Min. Dist. ~ Kellbgg. ~~~-i " Shoshone' • '---:.:.:cJ ' , '-------'\ I. ILatah I , Moscow r...its pyromorphite, Idaho also boasts many other mineral species. ( :\.. -~:/ Idaho <....: (_ ", I...Power i..r v. ) 't,.,. 1. r': ~ Caribou Idaho 83816-2043 , • c-vz..J. '. 2",_J'-1 '\ o, ...INDEX BRIEFLY DESCRIBES the mineral localities in Idaho; all known localities that may have produced well-crystallized
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MINERALS^ of Idaho with field trip j& maps by John A.fl£.jkwith Gem Minerals of Idaho, designed for...for beginners and for those collectors visiting Idaho for the first time, is a guide to some of the...open and collecting. garnet diggings of Latah County and the Spencer Opal Mine, charge a digging fee...mineral-forming forces than makes Idaho a gem hunter's para- has experienced more Idaho," a fact that dise. L... usually six to ten percent. GEM MINERALS OF IDAHO 44 pin-fire white opals are valuable and those
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Idaho Minerals The complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho Lanny R. Ream 1!11, ) a...PISTOLS Idaho Minerals Idaho Minerals The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho with Special...Rerun Publishing P .O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Ale ne, Idaho 83814 Copyright © 1989 by L.R. Ream Publishing...R Ream Publishing P.O. Box 2043 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814 (208) 667-0453 To those collectors who are...information and specimens available to others. vi IDAHO MINERALS Acknowledgements A book of this magnitude
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(about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and inexpensive...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler...s, ColoradoWyoming State Line district, Albany County: largest crystal is approximately 0.Y carat. Karl
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...Although some great mines of Arizona, California, Idaho, and Nevada may havebeen discovered in this way...concenix X PREFACE and gravel along a dubious trail of float and, finally, sinking a prospect hole to...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where
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surfaces Outer Trail Creek granite ring dike . . . . 1556 with topography for Trail Creek granite . 1555...local, informal names, Trail Creek granite and Cap Rock quartz monzonite. Trail Creek granite, the principal...conspicuous ferromagnesian clots. Contacts of Trail Creek granite with country rock are always knife-sharp...gneiss. Inclusions of wall rock are common in Trail Creek, although not so abundant as those in Cap Rock...are similar in composition and mineralogy to Trail Creek granite but are older. Granitic dikes. Three
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Carolina, a big diamond or two in Arkansas, opal in Idaho, and so on. Old locations suddenly are brought back...as hard as talc and more than twice as hard as corundum. TABLE A. MOHS' HARDNESS SCALE Talc 6. Orthoclase...Quartz 3. Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum 5. Apatite 1. 10. Diamond HOWTO IDENTIFY...six-sided prism with a pyramidal termination but corundum, in the same system, takes a barrel-like shape;
Report (issue)
district__________________________ Meadow Creek district______________________ Trail Creek district---------------.---------Bridger...and Ryan prospect ___________________ _ Meadow Creek district_ ___________________ -Rocky Canyon (Chestnut)...-Lasich prospect and mine ______________ -Meadow Creek Coal Co. mines _________ -Hodson mine __________________________..._ -Moran mine ___________________________ _ Trail Creek district ______ - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - -...in the Eagle Sandstone between Chestnut and Pine Creek, Tps. 2, 3, and 4 S., Rs. 7 and 8 E., Livingston
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describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...(Cro»$-$«ction ot righl) ^ \b7 CHRYSOBERYL CORUNDUM DIAMOND CRYSTALS ffl 1 \ Carlsbad (One twin...elements, such as diamond (carbon); oxides, such as corundum (alu- minum oxide); carbonates, such as malachite...lava flows of Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho. the cells with silica, or a cast of chalcedony...metamorphism, crystals of garnet, cyanite, idocrase, corundum, and jade may also be ble, and granite to gneiss
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Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...members. Searches could be confined to terrains and creek beds that expose vil Preface types of rocks...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache
Report (volume)
Quadrangle and the Western Part of the Idaho Falls I°x2° Quadrangle, Idaho * , , » Prepare/ in *VG}'erati(>ttaw$i...Idaffo Stat^Universitv, 'and th&Jr "ni\'ersity of Idaho U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN~2064-rA-R Cover...south at the Mackay stock, southwest of Mackay, Idaho. The Eocene Mackay stock (center of photograph;...rocks, including the Lower Mississippian McGowan Creek Formation and the Upper Mississippian White Knob...Quadrangle and the Western Part of the Idaho Falls I°x2° Quadrangle, Idaho Edited by Ronald G. Worl, Paul K
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...pegmatite (g) Mount Antero, 12.000 (h) Chaffee County, Colorado (i) from the Smith collection feet... mine, canyon) district where found (township, county, (i) how obtained (g) state) details) 52
Report (volume)
from the nepheline-syenite of Dungannon, Hastings County, Ontario. Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser., vol. i, pp...Quebec. 17 Argall (Philip). [Geology of Cripple Creek district, Colorado..] In discussion of paper by... 24 Bain (Harry Foster). Geology of Washington County [Iowa]. Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. v, pp. 113-173,...road materials. Includes a geologic map of the county. Bull. 149 2 18 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX OP N... .25 Bain (Harry Foster.). Geology of Woodbury County [Iowa]. Iowa Geol. Surv., vol. v, pp. 243-299,
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topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 ...Holbrook ; University of Arizona. Tucson . California· County Museum. University of California and University...chromium atoms force their way into the molecules of corundum which Is alum1num o xide and take places held
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gravel of streams and in veins. The veins of Gilpin County are especially noteworthy for the amount of gold...gold were taken from the Printer Boy mine, Lake County, in tellurium in many in 1870. In combination...combination with of the mines in Boulder County. SILVER. occurs crystallized in cubes, octahedrons, trapezohedrons...Boulder Nest mine in Clear Creek County, and the Caribou mine in Boulder County were especially productive...me- tallic. Has been found sparingly of Boulder County. in the tellurium-bearing mines Minerals of
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Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Optical Effects. PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum (Ruby and Sapphire), Beryl, Topaz, Opal. IMPORTANT...Clinozoisite, Serpentine, Copper Rhyolite, Red Corundum in Amphibolite, Pyrite, Calcite, Howlite, Ulexite...Seven corundum crystals . Map of Corundum Hill—Ellijay area . Map of Cowee Creek area . Cowee Creek gravel
Report (volume)
recently found in the Tenmile district, Summit County. In his booklet, which today would be classed as...districts that were active at the time in Clear Creek, Gilpin, and Summit Counties. The first known attempt...feldspar, and mica, occur in some form in every county in the State. Among mineralogists, Colorado is...mineral belt that extends southwestward from Boulder County to the southern limits of the San Juan Mountains... lefferson County, the contact-metamorphic minerals of Italian Mountain, Gunnison County and elsewhere
Book (edition)
Basin, 220; Crismon-Mammoth, Utah, 221, 222; Wyo., Idaho, Wash., 222; Example 21, copper ores in Triassic...Teller Co., 300-305; Gilpin Co., 305, 306; Clear Creek Co., 306; Boulder Co., 306, 307 280-307 CHAPTER...REGION, WYOMING, THE BLACK HILLS, MONTANA, AND IDAHO. Wyoming, geology, 308; South Dakota, geology, 309;...Flathead, Choteau, and Fergus Counties, 322, 323; Idaho, geology, 323; Kootenai and Lemhi Counties, 324;...After A. A. Blow 20 4. Reversed fault at Holly Creek, near Dalton, Ga. After C. W. Hayes 22 5. Illustration
Report (issue)
64-136,1913. Gold lodes and placers of the Willow Creek district: Bull. 592, pp. 245-272, pi. 10, 1914....Bull. C22, pp. 189228, pi. 9, 1915. The Willow Creek district: Bull. 607, pp. 49-83,1915. BIBLIOGEAPHY...181-194, pis. 6-8, 1916. Gold mining in the Willow Creek district: Bull. 642, pp. 195-200, 1916. Mineral... Alaska: Bull. 218, pp. 19-67, 1903. The Glenn Creek gold mining district, Alaska: Bull. 213, pp. 49-56... 201-202, 1910. A reconnaissance of the Willow Creek gold region: Bull. 480, pp. 139-152,1911. KNOPF
Report (volume)
.............................................. Idaho ................................................................................................ Idaho.................................................................................'........... 302 Idaho ..................................................Alabama, McCalley, 3819. Iron ore mines in Jefferson County, Castlcnian, 777. Leaf impressions in the Eocene...Copper regions of upper lakes, Coleman, 1044. Corundum-bearing rocks, Miller, 4011. Evidence of the animal
Report (issue)
Metamorphit Suite of Agr (.itout 2.7 Ga) Bluegrass Creek tabout 3.2 Ga) DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS (Specific...conglomerate. Includes basal limestone in South Sybille Creek (PM). WHITE RIVER FORMATION (OLIGOCENE) Buff alluvial...formation when present. Adjacent to Seven Mile Creek (AS) a resinous quartzite has been quarried by Indians...of Grant Creek Reservoir (PM) and east of Ayres Spring (AS) INTRUSIVE SUITE OF SYBILLE CREEK (MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC)...Granite, the overall name "intrusive suite of Sybille Creek" is consistent with the recommendations of the 1983
Report (issue)
-----------Shoshone, Latah, Clearwater, and Nez Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley...CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette, and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise...Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer Counties ____________ -_---_--Lemhi, Camas...Spruce Pine district ____________ Madison County and Haywood County _____________________ _ Zirconia district...monazite belt in the Piedmont province __ Stokes County and Surry County_ Wilkes, Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell
Report (volume)
Note on the physiography and geology of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Ottawa Nat., vol. xii, pp. 149-150...149-150,1898. Gives brief notes on the geology of the county. 14 - The mastodon in western Ontario. Abstract...(C. I.). The volcanic rock of Alum Hill, Boulder County [Colorado]. Colo. Sci. Soc., Proc., vol. v, pp...92. 19 Austin (W. L.). Copper deposits of Mora County, New Mexico. Abstract, Eng. and Mg. Jour., vol... 1898. 17 20 Austin (W. L.). Boundary and Trail Creek [British Columbia]. Mines and Minerals, vol.
Journal (issue)
....... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ..............of phlogopite from Clark's H ill, St. Lawrence County, New York (page 633, figure 2) ; and a crystal...crystal of clinochlore from W est-town, Chester County, Pennsylvania (page 646). It is also interesting to note... Mr. Jefferis resided in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. H e started collecting in 1837 and
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown...Sketch of the geological history of Green Lake County, Wisconsin : School x Quart., Berlin, Wis., vol...some curious structures in the gypsum of Albert County, New Brunswick: Roy. Soc. Canada, Proc. and Trans...Geology of Fraser Canyon and vicinity, B. C., Siwash Creek area: Canada Geol. Survey, &'umni. Rept, 1911, pp
 
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